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Yale Law/History. Love only when there is something lovable.

New Haven, CT
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Joined January 2009
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    18 Dec 2017

    The TOC is up with something for everyone: historians of Europe, the United States, and the world, those interested in development theory and moral philosophy - and of course, the starcrossed trajectory of human rights law through our time

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    8 hours ago

    Moyn on Legal history as a Source of International Law: This is gated, but it ended up in our inbox and is interesting, so we’re posting it anyway:  Samuel Moyn, Legal History as a Source of International Law: The Politics of Knowledge, in the Oxford…

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    Feb 14

    . smartly returns the focus to the ongoing Democratic civil war. Her conversation with Rahm Emanuel.

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  5. 16 hours ago

    “Ah, right. Not a serial killer, but perhaps a Trump voter. That relationship ended there.“

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    Feb 14

    'A political culture where progress in the air was measured by the president’s elegant bearing and penchant for diversity was ripe for demagoguery.'

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    Feb 14

    Ouch: "Embodying neoliberal chic at its most seductive, Obama managed to restore the self-image of American elites in politics, business and the media that had been much battered during the last years of the Bush presidency."

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  8. Feb 14

    Mishra on Coates: one immensely talented writer on another

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  9. Feb 14

    Ouch: “If you know only the sugary peanut-butter imitation, tasting Hwa Yuan’s original must be like hearing Van Morrison for the first time when you’ve grown up on Ed Sheeran.”

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    Feb 13

    "Du mußt dein Twitter ändern." —Rilke

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  11. Feb 13

    Me too!

    Eagerly anticipating this event!
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  12. Feb 13

    Social democracy or barbarism

    Universalistic welfare states with highs levels of income replacement, and strong active labor market policies, dilute electoral support for far-right political parties in the face of internationalization.
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    Feb 13

    Hmmm. Argues that failure to intervene in 2013 was an epic failure, but admits: "It is far from clear what the impact of a US-led military intervention in 2013 would have been. It could have exacerbated the plight of Syria’s civilians . . . It could have escalated uncontrollably"

    *Really* damn powerful - please take a few mins & digest this: - "The Epic Failure of Our Age: How the West Let Down ”
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    Feb 13

    We are pleased to announce our shortlisted authors for the 2018 : , , , & , and cc:

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  15. Feb 13

    The new ecumenism

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  16. Feb 13

    "The man of violence cannot both genuinely repent of his violence and permanently profit by it." -Justice Pal at Tokyo, citing Arnold Toynbee, in protest of how the West entrench a norm against aggression without reckoning with the history of empire.

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    Feb 13
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    Or to defend the positions of the government in which you previously served. Or to make arguments that those still in government will accept. Or the desire to “play nice” with colleagues who worked in government. Or ...

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    Feb 12
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    I don't think the distorting effect the desire for government jobs has on the (public) positions of American international law scholars can be emphasised enough.

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    Feb 13

    lots of food for thought in this roundtable on jeffrey byrne's recent book on revolutionary algeria and third world politics, to which i contributed a review essay:

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    Feb 12

    Hello folks - come and hear the great give a talk on "From Aggression to Atrocity: Rethinking the History of International Criminal Law" this Friday, Feb 16, 230-430pm

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  21. Feb 12

    Harrison Ford declares the war on terror four years before George W. Bush via

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